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AMST 101 - American Pop Culture 4 credits
In this class, students will contemplate what they think it means to be an ‘American’ by observing, discussing and analyzing American popular culture. By analyzing what might be America’s greatest exports (including movies, music, television, sports, or advertising) students will gain insight into the real diversity of American beliefs, values, social and economic experiences and critically evaluate the imapct of American culture globally. For INTO pathways students. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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AMST 199 - ShortTREC: Introductory Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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AMST 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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AMST 399 - ShortTrec Program at the Upper Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Tioucs and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 102 - Science and the Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology 4 credits
An introduction to the aims, methods, and practice of archaeology as a sub-discipline of anthropology through case studies from famous sites and discoveries from around the world. Students gain an understanding of how archaeologists use material remains to reconstruct past societies and cultural transformations such as the origins of agriculture and the rise of civilizations using methods developed and borrowed from the physical and natural sciences. The course includes consideration of experimental archaeology and the role of the past in contemporary society. Offered every semester. CLA - Breadth / Interdisciplinary, CLA - Breadth / Natural Science.
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ANTH 103 - Human Evolution: Biological Anthropology 4 credits
An introduction to the study of human biological and cultural evolution using the methods and theories of biological anthropology and archaeology. The course surveys some basic principles of evolutionary theory, primatology, the hominid fossil record, origins of modern humans, their physical variation, and archaeological evidence for the evolution of symbolic behavior, agriculture, and civilization. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
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ANTH 104 - Cultural Diversity: Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics 4 credits
A comparative examination of the cultural diversity of humanity. Using case studies of peoples in differing contexts, the course presents theories and data on a range of topics for understanding contemporary human conditions, including subsistence strategies, political and economic systems, religion and expressive behavior, language, culture change, and the interdependence of cultures throughout the planet. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 105 - Special Topics: Anthropology 2-4 credits
This course introduces topics or methods in Anthropology or one of its subfields. The course offers students the opportunity to explore one aspect of the discipline of Anthropology and understand more fully the breadth and depth of Anthropological inquiry. Topics vary and the course may be repeated for credit.
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ANTH 199 - ShortTREC Program at the Introductory Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 201 - History of Anthropological Theory 4 credits
An examination of the history of anthropology, from its philosophical foundations to contemporary directions and themes. Focuses on the main theoretical approaches in the field. Situates the contributions of major figures with references to intellectual traditions and contemporary problems. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 . Offered fall semester.
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ANTH 202 - Ecological Anthropology 4 credits
An interdisciplinary course that draws on data and theory from cultural and biological perspectives in anthropology and from environmental studies to question and examine the relationship of humans and the environment. Through comparisons of human cultural and biological adaptations to physical environments of the past and present, students gain a unique perspective on our impact on, relationship with, and place within the natural world. Recommended: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 . Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 203 - Cultures, Economies, and Globalization 4 credits
In this course students learn about the relationships between systems of production and distribution and the social and cultural contexts in which they occur. After discussing some important theoretical approaches that have influenced economic anthropologists over the years, we consider various ethnographic case studies that provide a more nuanced understanding of both the material and symbolic aspects of economic processes. Throughout the course, we pay close attention to the ways in which global economic processes are articulated, and made meaningful, at the local level. We also contemplate the relationships between global capitalism and pressing social problems, including hunger, gender inequities, poverty, war, and environmental degradation. Spring semester in even numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 204 - Society and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa 4 credits
Much of what we hear, read and see about Africa in literature, the media and even in academic writing emphasizes the suffering, corruption, disease, war and strife that afflict much of the continent. To be sure, Africa is plagued by many of these issues, often to a far greater extent than other parts of the world. However, the sameness of tone and pessimism in the coverage of these problems often belies the diversity of culture and experience that is the African continent-which includes 53 countries, hundreds of different ethnic groups and a vast array of traditions, practices and beliefs. This course will examine a selection of different African societies and states from across the continent with an emphasis on how perspectives and ideas about traditional culture and practice intersect with the challenges-economic, religious, ethnic and political -faced by African cultures and the modern African nation state. The goal of this course is that students will leave with an appreciation of the cultural richness and regional variation that is sometime hidden by the usual generalizations and stereotypes that are often applied to Africa. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 205 - Native North American Cultures 4 credits
The study of cultures of native North America immediately prior to the Columbian expansion of Europe and directions and dynamics of culture change to the present. Examines current issues, specifically points of contention with the U.S. and Canadian governments and other peoples now inhabiting Native American space. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 206 - Topics in Cultural Anthropology 2-4 credits
This course engages in cultural analyses of contemporary social issues. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty, such as public health crises, class inequality, environmentalism, gender politics, and ethnic conflict. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 . Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 207 - Regional Ethnography 4 credits
An intensive cultural study of a selected region. Consideration of issues of indigenous development and contact with outsiders leading to consideration of issues of culture change. Topics vary in accordance with student need and faculty expertise. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 208 - Religions of Africa 4 credits
An introduction to the basic themes within the traditional religions of Africa, including the nature of God, the significance of creation myths, the role of ancestors, the importance of religious leaders, and the problem of evil, sickness, and death. Explores the problematic Christian encounter with African religions, the Semitic connection and African Islam, and the role and function of the Independent African-Christian Churches. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 209 - Anthropology of Business 4 credits
Over the past two decades, ethnographic techniques have become an increasingly important part of the repertoire of research strategies employed in the business world. These approaches can provide business with nuanced, fine-grained and culturally-specific kinds of information that traditional business market research and quantitative analyses are unable to access. The very same techniques that have been used by anthropologists to study non-western societies—participant observation, language fluency and long-term fieldwork are perfectly suited to understanding the ‘cultures’ of business and as a way to learn about markets, product usage and consumer experience. In this course students will learn the fundamentals of anthropological fieldwork through lectures and readings that focus on how the theory and methods of anthropology are successfully applied to business using case studies from around the world. Enrollment Priority: Sophomore. Same as: BST 209 . Course Offering: Fall Term - Even. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
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ANTH 210 - Introduction to Museum Studies and Cultural Management 4 credits
This course will introduce the fundamentals of Museum Studies and Cultural Management. Students will gain an understanding of the museum as a cultural organization, the various departments, and its inner workings. For example, students will be required to design an exhibition and work through all phases of creating and mounting an exhibition from its inception to funding, programing, installation, and final stage of de-installation etc. A virtual experience of the intricacies and the complexities of this process will allow students to not only explore the various challenges, but better understand the various departments that make up a museum.
Museums are major repositories for cultural objects and cultural heritage. The course will also explore the fundamental question of “What is heritage?”, how is it produced and to what extent does it (re)arrange relationships between time, memory and identity? How do some heritages come to be memorialized and institutionalized and others excluded? This portion of the course will explore the historical development of the concept of heritage and what role museums play in this development as well as the genesis of international heritage administration. Emerging trends, best practices, and national heritage laws will also be discussed. Case studies from different regions and social contexts will be the lens through which these issues are examined. Equivalent: ARTH 210 . CLA- Breadth/Humanities
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ANTH 212 - Anthropology of Gender 4 credits
A study of gender across cultures and of the key perspectives produced by anthropologists to analyze it. The course explores how gender is produced, lived, contested, and intertwined with other social categories through ethnographic research of the everyday, livelihoods, labor, kinship, and ritual. Equivalent: WGST 212 CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary Studies, CLA-Breadth/Social Sciences, CLA-Diversity US
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ANTH 213 - Bioarchaeology 4 credits
This course provides an introduction to bioarchaeology, a field of study that integrates aspects of biological anthropology and archaeology in an examination of the human component of the archaeological past. Bioarchaeology examines human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts with an aim at reconstructing human life histories, activity and disease with an ideological emphasis on anthropological problem solving and integration of archaeological data. Lectures will cover the fundamentals of bioarchaeology analysis. Topics to be explored include aspects of diet and nutrition, migration, paledemography, behavior and bones, gender and identity, disease burden, and trauma and bioarchaeology of violence among other topics.
Prerequisite: ANTH 103 CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 214 - Climate, Ecology and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cultural and Demographic Changes 4 credits
While the countries of the northern hemisphere debate policies to combat changes in the planet’s climate, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are already experiencing significant climate shifts. These changes are most profound in the semi-arid Sahelian and Sudanic belts that skirt the southern edge of the Sahara. Here, the boundaries of where rainfall agriculture and cattle pastoralism are possible continue to move south and so, consequently, do populations. Enrollment priority given to majors. Prerequisites: ANTH 104 or ESS 210 . Check department listing for offering. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 215 - Forensic Anthropology 4 credits
Forensic anthropology is an applied subfield of biological anthropology that provides expert analysis of the skeleton in legal and police-work settings by utilizing methods developed in skeletal biology, archaeology, and the forensic sciences. Forensic anthropologists play critical roles to identify victims of homicides (both historical and recent), mass fatalities resulting from both natural and human-made disasters, human rights abuses, war deaths, and to assist in determining the cause of death. Introduces students to the underlying theory and the applied techniques that forensic anthropologists use to recover and identify individuals and assess what happened to the individual before and after death.
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ANTH 220 - Human Evolutionary Biology 4 credits
The course is a survey of areas of current interest to biological anthropologists. It continues and builds upon material covered in ANTH 103 . The focus is on human and primate biology with attention given to human evolution, osteology, geographic (“racial”) variation, physiological adaptability, evolutionary genetics, primate and human behavioral ecology, human development and life history theory, health and disease, and nutrition. Students explore these topics in both lecture and lab, in which hands-on work with fossils and other materials provides experiential learning opportunities for deepening one’s understanding of the biological and evolutionary underpinnings of human life, health, and behavior. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to anthropology and biological anthropology minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Corequisite: ANTH 220L . Offered fall semester annually. CLA-Quantitative
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ANTH 222 - Archaeology of the Middle East: from Meroe to Baghdad 4 credits
Discusses the history and archaeology of the Middle East from the rise of the Meroitic Kingdom in Sudan around 350 BCE to the founding of Baghdad in Iraq circa 750 CE. Theory of cultural transmission is used to discuss the history of states, religions, and material culture. Central to the course are the different methods of archaeology and how they have helped us to understand this region and time period. These include bio-anthropological analyses, archaeological surveys and excavations, inscriptions and written sources, ceramics and other examples of material culture. Students will have an opportunity to get acquainted with these different methods to gain a first understanding of the complex relations in the region contrasting the archaeology of Sudanese Meroitic and Christian kingdoms with the historiographical study of the Umayyad Caliphate. Offered Every Spring Semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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ANTH 225 - Topics in American Folklore 2-4 credits
Examines expressive, ritual and performative culture in modern America. This includes, but is not limited to, popular stories and narratives, modern American myth, music and social media, foodways, religion and supernatural beliefs, public celebrations, and material culture—all of which reflect both the history of the US and the changing pathways of diversity in America. Folklore—as a specific subfield of Anthropology—is the unofficial or popular stories which are located beneath and interwoven into official histories and institutions of power in a society. Folklore can be seen as the hidden texts of a society, the stories, beliefs and practices that happen without our awareness; they are unseen. Some of the topics that this course will engage include: Native American folklore; campus folklore; ghost stories; urban legends; myths such as trickster stories and hero legends—both classic and novel; body modification and adornment; public celebrations and rituals; and the incorporation of folk culture in popular media. BSS - CLA-Breadth/Social Science, DVUS - CLA-Diversity US
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ANTH 230 - Ancient Societies 4 credits
An introduction to the archaeological reconstruction of human prehistory beginning with the appearance of modern humans and culminating with the development of complex societies. The course focuses on major transitions in human prehistory: Upper Paleolithic developments in art and technology, the transition to agricultural societies, and the rise of stratified societies and urbanized cultures. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 231 - Native Arts and Archaeology of Latin America 4 credits
This course focuses on the development and character of indigenous cultures of Latin America before the arrival of Europeans. Themes of power, economy, religion, ritual, and symbolism that uniquely characterize Latin American native societies are examined primarily through art, architecture and material culture. The course follows a topical and comparative approach drawing on data from archaeology, art history, ethnography and ethnohistory. Cross-listed with ARTH 231 . Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 232 - Regional Archaeology 4 credits
An intensive archaeological study of a selected region, focusing on surveys, specific sites, and ethnohistoric and experimental evidence to derive sequences of human occupation, use, and principles of culture change. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 . Offering to be determined.
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ANTH 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 300 - Independent Study in Anthropology 1-4 credits
A special program of study planned by the student in consultation with a faculty sponsor. Written proposal and permission of a faculty member required for approval. May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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ANTH 301 - Medical Anthropology 4 credits
The cross-cultural study of health and healing in ecological, evolutionary, and political-economic perspectives. Surveys cultural differences in health, reproduction, nutrition, disease ecology, medical systems, and mortality. Also considers the evolution of human disease and the efficacy of different medical systems. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 302 - Anthropology of Religion 4 credits
A study of various aspects of religious beliefs and practices among small-scale societies and folk communities within larger human systems. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. CLA - Breadth/Social Science , CLA - Writing Intensive
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ANTH 303 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Culture 4 credits
This course engages in cultural analyses of contemporary gender issues. Topics vary in accordance with student and faculty interest. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or ANTH /WGST 212 . Same as: WGST 331 . Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science.
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ANTH 304 - Selected Topics in Cultural Anthropology 4 credits
An investigation of one or more major subject areas in cultural anthropology. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise and may include visual anthropology, structural theory, and post-postmodernism. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 310 - Ethnographic Research Methods 4 credits
A course that serves as a rigorous exploration of the field methods and qualitative research techniques used in sociocultural anthropology. Topics to be covered include ethnographic interviews, participant observation, field notes, the role of surveys, the ethics of research with human subjects and the production of ethnographic knowledge. Course assignments will be cumulative-that is, each successive assignment will build off the previous one, culminating in a comprehensive research paper at the end of the course. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester. CLA-Writing in the Major
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ANTH 311 - Archaeological Method and Theory 4 credits
Archaeology relies on a body of theories and methods for reading human prehistory from the incomplete record left by past cultures. This course offers a counterpoint to ANTH 230 - Ancient Societies in examining how questions asked by archaeologists are addressed. Topics include techniques of excavation and artifact analysis and the major theoretical approaches to archaeological inference. The course is divided between lecture and laboratory sessions in which students analyze archaeological data. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 and ANTH 230 or signature of instructor. Corequisite: ANTH 311L . Offered fall semester. CLA-Quantitative, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ANTH 312 - Human Osteology 4 credits
A study of human skeletal biology and bioarcheology. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the bones and anatomical landmarks of the human skeleton and how stress, disease, injury, and lifestyle affect them. The course includes some instruction in paleopathology and forensic anthropology, with laboratory exercises providing direct examination of skeletal material. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: ANTH 312L . Offered fall semester. CLA-Writing in the Major
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ANTH 320 - Selected Topics in Biological Anthropology 4 credits
An investigation of one or more major subject areas in biological anthropology. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise and may include intensive courses in primatology, human adaptability, osteology, anthropological genetics or other aspects of human biology. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Offering to be determined.
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ANTH 322 - Primatology 4 credits
The study of primate behavior, how it can be understood as environmental adaptation, its evolutionary significance, and how it compares to human behavior. Topics include primate ecology, social behavior, sociobiology, and cognition. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or BIOL 150 or BIOL 160 or permission of instructor. Equivalent: BIOL 322 Offered spring semester in even numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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ANTH 323 - Food For Thought: Nutritional Anthropology 4 credits
This course is an evolutionary and cross-cultural exploration of the comlpex nature of the human experiences in satisfying needs for food and nourishment. The approach is biocultural, exploring the interaction between the biological basis of human food choices and the cultural context that influences food acquisition and choice. We will explore the relationship between nutrition and health from an evolutionary perspective, exploring how an understanding of diet and food preferences in our distant ancestors affects us today. Other themes to be explored include the sociocultural context of human foodways and the political economy of food. The primary aim of this course is to understand the co-evolutionary relationshipof humans and their food systems, as well as how the physical well being of humans is affected by their food systems. Enrollment priority given to junior and senior majors and minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 . Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 326 - Evolution and Human Behavior 4 credits
A study of the basic principles of evolutionary theory as applied to the study of human social behavior. The course examines competing views on the importance of biology for understanding human behavior and considers the relationship between genes and culture. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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ANTH 327 - Human Evolutionary Genetics 4 credits
A study of human genetics in evolutionary perspective. Topics include the structure of the human genome, human-ape comparisons, human genetic diversity, interpreting that diversity, what it tells us about human origins and migrations, effects of population admixture, health implications, and forensic DNA analysis. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or BIOL 150 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ANTH 330 - Selected Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory 4 credits
An investigation of one or more major subject areas in archaeology. Topics vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ANTH 331 - Archaeology and Sustainable Culture 4 credits
Through Archaeology scholars reconstruct, examine, query and confront the record of past human-environment interactions. Placing these interactions in an historical context brings a long-term perspective to bear on contemporary issues. This course examines critically this record of human adaptations through time and across the globe with a particular focus on the ancient Americas. The view of archaeology is that the experiences of these ancient societies offer useful lessons about past choices which should affect the choices made today. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority given to majors and minors in Anthropology and Environmental Studies and to Archaeology minors. Prerequisite: ANTH 103 or ANTH 104 or permission of the instructor. Same as: ESS 331 Offered spring semester in alternate years. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ANTH 332 - Wildlife and Culture 4 credits
This class is a cross-cultural exploration of the ways that people think about and interact with wild animals. Drawing on a wide range of interdisciplinary sources, we will ponder abstract philosophical questions like “What is an animal?”, “What is natural?” and “What is human?” As an ESS course, however, this class will pay special attention to the ways that different perspectives on wild animals influence larger global concerns, such as biodiversity, invasive species, animal conservation, and animal rights. Upon completion of this class, students should: 1) possess a broad knowledge of the plasticity of thought and practices relating to wild animals that exists within particular societies, between different societies, and across time; 2) understand the important role that wild animals play in helping human beings define and understand themselves; and 3) appreciate the value of cross-cultural research methodologies. Enrollment limited to: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Pre-requisites: ANTH 104 is recommended. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity International
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ANTH 375 - Museum Studies and Cultural Management Practicum 8 credits
This course explores the intersection of the museum and its public with a focus on the rise of the museum in the late eighteenth century and its development up to the present day. Why were museums created, and what purposes do these institutions serve? What values do they project? Such questions are addressed through selected case studies and readings of key theoretical texts in the field. Analysis of current museum and gallery exhibitions, discussion of such issues as the role of government, the interdependence of museums and the art market, and debates over repatriation, restitution and looting or theft will also be addressed. Same as: ARTH 375 Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 380 - Archaeological Field Study 0-4 credits
This summer field course introduces students to archaeological field methods, including survey, excavation, and artifact recovery and processing. Instruction is through participation in an ongoing research project. Location of the field research site varies annually. Recent offerings include Ecuador and Maine. Prerequisite: ANTH 311 . Offered annually in summer. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ANTH 400 - Senior Seminar in Anthropology 4 credits
An examination of anthropology as a profession. Discussion of current major issues in the discipline. Prerequisite: Senior standing in anthropology or behavioral science or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester. CLA-Capstone
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ANTH 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
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ANTH 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
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ARBC 101 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 4 credits
An introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. Students learn the Arabic script, the basic rules of Arabic grammar, appropriate vocabulary, reading, oral, and aural skills commensurate with the elementary level. Consult instructor concerning the required language lab. Corequisite: ARBC 103 . Offered fall semester.
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ARBC 102 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II 4 credits
An intermediate-level study of writing, reading, oral, and aural skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. Students are also expected to gain a greater degree of cultural proficiency through appropriate readings, tapes, class discussions, and Arabic language films. Prerequisite: ARBC 101 or equivalent as determined by placement examination. Co-requisite: ARBC 104 . Offered spring semester.
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ARBC 103 - Arabic Conversation 2 credits
This two-credit course allows students enrolled in to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear and syntactically correct spoken modern Arabic. Taught in Arabic. Corequisite: ARBC 101 . Offered fall semester.
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ARBC 104 - Arabic Conversation II 2 credits
This two-credit course allows student enrolled in to supplement their study of Arabic by working intensively on spoken Arabic. Emphasis is on developing the ability to produce and respond to spontaneous, fluid, clear, and syntactically correct spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Corequisite: ARBC 102 . Offered spring semester.
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ARBC 199 - ShortTREC Program at the Introductory Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ARBC 201 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I 4 credits
An intermediate-level study of writing, reading, oral, and aural skills in Modern Standard Arabic. Explores advanced structures of grammar, syntax, and expression. Students are also expected to gain a greater degree of cultural proficiency through appropriate readings, tapes, class discussions, and Arabic language films. Prerequisite: ARBC 102 , or equivalent as determined by placement exam. Offering to be determined. CLA-Foreign Language
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ARBC 202 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II 4 credits
An advanced-level course in Arabic that will allow students to build active vocabulary and develop a higher level of proficiency in reading, writing, and oral expression. Students’ command of Arabic grammar will be solidified through the mastery of basic grammatical terms and knowledge of syntax and morphology. The course will incorporate various readings, class discussion, and non-textual materials such as films and audio exercises that will provide a cultural component. Prerequisite: ARBC 201 or Permission of the Instructor.
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ARBC 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ARBC 300 - Independent Study in Arabic 2-4 credits
A course for students who wish to continue the study of Arabic at an advanced level. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Course may be repeated. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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ARBC 301 - Advanced Arabic 4 credits
A third-year Arabic course with continued study of the structure of the language and a focus on speaking and writing skills. This course includes and extensive review and refinement of Arabic grammar and will include advance reading materials from a variety of sources and multimedia assignments. Prerequisite: ARBC 202 on permission of instructor. Offered fall semester.
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ARBC 302 - Advanced Arabic II 4 credits
The second semester of the third year Arabic sequence with a focus on the finer points of grammar and syntax. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills will continue to be developed. Authentic texts and audio-visual materials will be used in conjunction with standard textbook materials to develop student proficiency. Prerequisite: ARBC 301 or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester.
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ARBC 399 - ShortTrec Program at the Upper Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ARBC 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
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ARBC 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
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ART 104 - Digital Design 4 credits
An introduction to the visual elements that constitute the basic issues of design. Primary goals are the development of technical and critical skills as they apply to digital design. Investigates aspects of color, line, form, texture, and space through workshops and outside assignments. The foundation course for the intermediate- and upper-level studio courses. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 105 - Sculpture I 4 credits
An introduction to the technical and conceptual basis for the organization and development of three-dimensional structures. Examines the function of space, volume, mass, plane, and line. Explores sculptural issues through the solution of design problems. Uses a variety of materials for physical and expressive qualities. Extensive out-of-class assignments supplement studio practice. Emphasizes the development of critical skills as they apply to visual aesthetic issues. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 106 - Drawing I 4 credits
An introduction to drawing as a way of making images, as a basis for work in other media, and as a process of discovery. Studio activities are grounded in observation and use various wet and dry media. Line, shape, and value are emphasized as basic components for exploring fundamental issues of composition, the structuring of form, the description of space and light, and as a means of individual expression. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 112 - Ceramic Sculpture I 4 credits
An introduction to the creative possibilities of ceramics emphasizing diverse approaches to clay as a sculptural material. Exploration of handbuilding techniques, glazing and firing, mold making and casting, as well as ceramic tile mosaic and mixed media, to consider issues of form, content, surface, scale, color, and process. Class discussions establish connections between clay investigations and fundamental questions from contemporary and art history. Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 120 - Digital Imaging 4 credits
This course introduces the computer as a fine arts tool, and provides an overview of digital arts concepts and terminology. Students will solve design problems using a variety of computer software applications. Critical awareness of new media in a historical context is encouraged through lectures, discussion and critiques. Offered fall and spring semesters. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 130 - Photography I 4 credits
An introduction to the fundamentals of photographing with digital SLR cameras in manual mode using aperture and shutter to control exposure, depth of field and motion in photographs. Course assignments encourage students to make pictures that are challenging in both content and form. Students use professional image file workflow, digital editing tools and ink-jet printing to produce original work for class critiques. The course introduces the work of influential photographers, considers contemporary issues in the medium and encourages critical evaluation of photographs. Digital SLR camera required, rentals available. Offered every semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 140 - Printmaking I 4 credits
The technical and expressive potentialities of relief – woodblock, linoleum, collography, and monoprinting – are explored. Color and combined media processes are emphasized. Development of individual pictorial language follows a period of technical introduction and experimentation. Traditional and contemporary modes of collaboration, editioning and working in series are considered. Critiques as well as gallery and museum visits supplement the creative process. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 160 - Painting I 4 credits
An exploration of traditional and modern techniques of oil painting and their underlying theories of light, color, space, and expression. Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 199 - ShortTREC Program at the Introductory Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ART 205 - Sculpture II 4 credits
An investigation of materials and processes, and conceptual and aesthetic concerns of sculpture. Students learn basic properties of various sculptural materials and consider the relationship between materials and ideas. Introduction to additive and subtractive processes, casting, assemblage, and mixed media serves as a vehicle for formal and expressive exploration, as well as consideration of fundamental sculptural issues, including space, time, scale, reference, content, and context. Studio activities are informed by intensive examination of contemporary and historic three-dimensional art through discussion and field trips. Prerequisite: ART 105 Offered annually. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 206 - Drawing II 4 credits
For students familiar with the basic techniques and media of drawing. Intermediate problems in drawing using the human figure and observation as a subject and a point of departure. Focus on the fundamental importance of drawing as the shared language of all the visual arts. Prerequisite: ART 106 or ART+22 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ART 212 - Ceramic Sculpture II 4 credits
Students develop more advanced and individualized approaches to clay. Emphasis on greater student independence and ambition in terms of confronting technical challenges and developing a personal direction. Prerequisite: ART 112 - Ceramic Sculpture I
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ART 220 - Digital Video 4 credits
Introduces digital video as a creative tool and offers a technical understanding of the video camera and non-linear editing. Students will learn to manipulate time, space and sound to create sequential, narrative and experimental works. Projects explore both formal and conceptual issues integral to the history of video and filmmaking. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 240 - Printmaking II 4 credits
Traditional and contemporary modes of intaglio plate-making processes are covered, as well as the development of imagery and expression appropriate to the media. Engraving, drypoint, various etching methods, embossing, and color printing processes are explored. Critiques are conducted regularly throughout the semester. Emphasis is placed on growth and development of art-making concepts as they relate to printmaking processes. Imagery produced will display increasing levels of technical and conceptual confidence. Prerequisite: ART 140 or ART 106 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ART 260 - Painting II 4 credits
An intermediate treatment of the media, techniques, and concepts of painting. Students are expected to pursue extensively particular problems of painting both inside and outside of class and with close critical involvement of the instructor. Encourages a critical awareness of contemporary painting. Includes museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 160 Offered spring semester.
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ART 270 - Special Topics in Studio Art 2-4 credits
A studio topic or process not covered by regular offerings. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offering to be determined.
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ART 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ART 300 - Independent Study in Art 1-4 credits
Open only to upper-level art majors. Signature of instructor required for registration.
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ART 305 - Sculpture III 4 credits
Advanced sculptural investigations. Students further develop and expand individual sculptural vocabularies, work toward generating projects and investigating processes that support the expression of their ideas. Prerequisite: ART 205 . Offered annually.
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ART 306 - Drawing III 4 credits
A continuation at an advanced level of ART 206 Drawing II . May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ART 206 . Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years.
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ART 320 - Digital Animation 4 credits
An investigation of time, form and motion through the use of digital animation techniques. Students will explore the impact of the moving image on the history of art, with special emphasis on new media. Class critiques will create connections between traditional and digital art. Pre-req: ART 120 or ART 220 Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Quantitative
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ART 330 - Photography III 4 credits
This course allows for continued exploration of photography as an art medium for students working with either film or digital processes. Personal exploration of a subject or photographic approach is supported by ongoing critique and contextual instruction in photographic practices, advanced techniques, and the study of formal and conceptual issues within the medium. Students must provide a film or digital SLR camera and budget for film, printing costs and other supplies. Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: ART 130 and ART 230 . Offering to be determined.
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ART 340 - Printmaking III 4 credits
An introduction to stone and/or plate lithography by way of examining the chemistry of the planographic process and its visual outcome. Emphasizes control of the image-making process. Develops students’ pictorial language through discussions and museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: ART 240 Offering to be determined.
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ART 360 - Painting III 4 credits
A concentration on advanced painting problems. Students are expected to have an established direction in painting, which they pursue intensively both inside and outside of class and in close critical discussions with the instructor. A critical awareness of contemporary painting is expected, as are visits to museums and galleries. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ART 260 . Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered annually.
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ART 370 - Special Topics in Studio Art 4 credits
A studio topic or process not covered by regular offerings. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Signature of instructor required for registration.
CLA-Breadth/Arts
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ART 385 - New York Semester on Contemporary Art 4-8 credits
Offered in the fall semester annually, the New York Semester on Contemporary Art is one of the highlights of Drew’s art and art history programs. While it is a mandatory course for all Drew art and art history majors, students from any background with an interest in art would appreciate this fascinating program. Students journey into New York City two days a week. A thorough exploration of the art scene in New York includes viewing gallery exhibits in Chelsea and the Lower East Side, visiting museums such as the New Museum, the Whitney, and MOMA, and personally meeting with several prominent artists in their studios. Through this intimate interaction, students can experience the center of the contemporary art world firsthand.The New York Semester on Contemporary Art is an eight-credit program in which students enroll in two required courses (a four-credit option is also available). To complete a full, sixteen-credit semester, students may enroll in courses normally offered on campus. Same as ARTH 385 . Formal application is required of all students. Prerequisite: ARTH 306 . Co-requisite: ART 385L Offered fall semester. CLA-Off Campus Experience, CLA-Writing Intensive
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ART 390 - Senior Studio I 4 credits
An intensive studio practice designed for art majors working toward senior exhibition. Provides a basic framework to aid independent investigation, stressing the development of individual ideas and ex[expression. Open only to Senior art majors. Instructor Signature Required. Equivelent Course: ART 400 .
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ART 392 - Senior Studio II 4 credits
A continuation of Senior Studio I, with even greater emphasis upon building a body of work that clearly reflects the individuals sensibility and ideas, culminating in a senior exhibition in the Korn Gallery. Weekly critiques are conducted by the instructor and visiting artists. Signature of instructor required for registration.
Prerequisite: ART 390 . Instructor Approval Required. Equivelent Course: ART 402 . Offered spring semester.
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ART 399 - ShortTrec Program at the Upper Level 1-8 credits
The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education. Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
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ART 404 - Independent Study in Art 1-4 credits
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ART 405 - Professional Practice 4 credits
This course introduces professional practices in the visual arts and supports art majors as they develop a professional identity. Students work on articulating their artistic practice and create a website in which they publish a portfolio of their artwork, artist’s statement, and other writing common in the field. Students learn to document and prepare digital files for presentation and applications. Materials developed in class are used to apply for real-world opportunities. Equivalent Course:ART 310 CLA-Capstone, CLA-Writing in the Major
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ART 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
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ART 411 - Specialized Honors II 0-8 credits
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